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Weekend Lineup: Stakes Racing Begins At Woodbine

Woodbine hosts its first graded stakes races this year with the Whimsical on Saturday, and the Jacques Cartier on Sunday, with the latter led by seven-time Sovereign Award winner Pink Lloyd. Three-time Grade 1 winner Raging Bull is the one to be beat in Belmont's Grade 3 Poker Stakes. On the West Coast, Santa Anita concludes its season, which began the day after Christmas, headlined by Saturday's demanding Grade 3, 1 ¾-mile San Juan Capistrano on turf. And in Great Britain, Saturday's Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, televised on NBC, will be the final Group 1 of this year's Royal Ascot meeting.

TVG will be broadcasting racing throughout the weekend from Monmouth Park, Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park, and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app, which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.

“America's Day at the Races” will be broadcasting live on Saturday, June 19 on FS2 from 12:30-6 p.m., from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs, and again on Sunday, June 20 on FS2 from 12:30-5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 19

11:20 a.m. ― $975,000 Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on NBC

The five-day Royal Ascot meeting draws to a close as turf sprinters take the spotlight in the Group 1, 6-furlong Diamond Jubilee Stakes in a 14-horse field. David Ward's 4-year-old Starman (GB) will vie for favoritism with Saeed Suhail's 7-year-old gelding Dream Of Dreams (IRE). Trained by Ed Walker and ridden from post 13 by Oisin Murphy, Starman has won four of five Starts, including his most recent score in the May 12 Group 2 Duke of York Clipper Logistics Sakes at York Racecourse. The Michael Stoute-trained Dream of Dreams has won nine races, highlighted by last September's Group 1 triumph in the Betfair Sprint Cup Stakes at Haydock. Ryan Moore has the mount, breaking from post three.

5:31 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Racing returned to Woodbine last weekend and the Toronto track will host its first graded stake of the season on Saturday with the Grade 3 Whimsical for fillies and mares going 6 furlongs. The field of eight is led by Kenneth and Sarah Ramsay's Artie's Princess, who finished just a head in front of LNJ Foxwoods' Boardroom in last November's Grade 2 Bessarabian Stakes at Woodbine. Trained by Wesley Ward and ridden by Kazushi Kimura from post seven, Artie's Princess, a Canadian-bred daughter of We Miss Artie, has won five of seven starts. Breaking just outside of Artie's Princess is the 4-year-old Boardroom, trained by Canadian Racing Hall of Famer Josie Carroll. A bay daughter of Commissioner, Boardroom has won three of five races, including the listed Duchess Stakes at Woodbine prior to the Bessarabian. William and Anne Scott's 6-year-old Summer Sunday, trained by Stuart Simon, has won nine races, and finished third in last year's Whimsical. Gary Boulanger will ride, breaking from post three.

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9:29 p.m. ― $100,000 Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano at Santa Anita Park on TVG

At Santa Anita, trainer Phil D'Amato sends out a strong hand for Saturday's Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano at 1 ¾ miles on turf with defending champion Red King and 9-5 morning line favorite Acclimate leading the six-horse field. Owned by Little Red Feather, Gordon Jacobsen and Philip Belmonte, the 7-year-old gelding Red King won last year's San Juan Capistrano by 3 ¼ lengths, and followed up that triumph by winning the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap presented by The Japan Racing Association in August. A bay son of Eclipse Award-winner English Channel, Red King finished third in the Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita on May 29. Umberto Rispoli has the mount breaking from post two. The Ellwood Johnston Trust, Timmy Time Racing and Ken Tevelde's Acclimate, also a 7-year-old gelding, won the 2019 San Juan Capistrano. Ridden from post four by Ricardo Gonzalez, the California-bred Acclimate finished second by a head in the Charles Whittingham. Fellow Cal-bred Ward 'n Jerry, an 8-year-old gelding owned by Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams, has won two starter allowance races this year at 1 ¼ and 1 ½ miles, respectively. Trained by Mike Puype and ridden from post four by Flavien Prat, Ward n' Jerry finished third in last year's San Juan Capistrano..

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Sunday, June 20

4:29 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

The 9-year-old Canadian-bred gelding Pink Lloyd is odds-on to win his fifth straight Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes at 6 furlongs against five rivals. Owned by Entourage Stable and trained by Robert Tiller, Pink Lloyd has been the champion Canadian sprinter four consecutive years and won Canada's 2017 Horse of the Year title. Heading into Sunday's race, Pink Lloyd, a chestnut son of Old Forester, has won a remarkably consistent 26 races in 33 starts. Ridden from post two by Daisuke Fukumoto, Pink Lloyd won his first four starts of 2020 before finishing third in the Grade 2 Kennedy Road Stakes last November. Live Oak Plantation's 4-year-old Florida-bred gelding Souper Stonehenge, trained by Mark Casse, finished second in the Kennedy Road. Searching for his first win of 2021, Souper Stonehenge, ridden by Patrick Husbands from post six, finished third in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct on April 3.

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5:02 ― $150,000 Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park on TVG

Sixteen fillies and mares, including four also-eligibles, have been entered for the $150,000 Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Monmouth Park. Godolphin's 4-year-old filly Micheline, trained by Mike Stidham, has won five races, including the Grade 2 Hillsboro at Tampa Bay in March. The bay daughter of Bernardini, ridden by Mychel Sanchez, was also second in last year's Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. First Row Partners and Hidden Brook Farm's Nay Lady Nay has won both her starts at Monmouth, including last July's Grade 3 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes. Trained by Chad Brown and ridden from post six by Dylan Davis, Nay Lady Nay finished fourth in the Grade 3 Beaugay at Belmont Park on May 8. Trainer Christophe Clement has entered Waterford Stable's Speaktomeofsummer, who won last year's Grade 2 Lake Placid at Saratoga.

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5:12 p.m. ― $250,000 Grade 3 Poker at Belmont Park on FS2

Peter Brant's three-time Group 1 winner Raging Bull (FR) is the standout in the Grade 3 Poker at Belmont against eight rivals at 1 mile on the turf. A 6-year-old son of Dark Angel (FR), Raging Bull began the year on a solid note, winning the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland on April 9. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. from post one, Raging Bull's two other Grade 1 wins came in last year's Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita and in the 2018 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar. Mary Abeel Sullivan Revocable Trust's 4-year-old gelding Get Smokin, trained by Thomas Bush, has won two of three starts this year, including the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Stakes in February, and the Seek Again Stakes on May 22 at Belmont. Junior Alvarado rides, breaking from post four. Team Valor International's 7-year-old mare Olekandra (AUS) returns to Belmont where she won the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes last June for trainer Neil Drysdale.

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7:21 p.m. – $100,000 Grade 3 American Stakes at Santa Anita on TVG

CYBT, Saul Gevertz, Lynn Gitomer, Mike Goetz, Michael Nentwig, and Daniel Weiner's Neptune's Storm leads a field of six in the Grade 3 American Stakes at 1 mile on turf at Santa Anita. Trained by Peter Miller, the 5-year-old gelding has won six races, including last year's Grade 3 San Francisco Mile at Golden Gate Fields. Neptune Storm will be making his first start since finishing fourth-place in the Tourist Mile Stakes at Kentucky Downs last September. Flavien Prat has the mount, breaking from post three. Rave Green Racing's 6-year-old gelding Majestic Eagle, trained by Neil Drysdale, finished second in the Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita on May 29 in his 2021 debut. Majestic Eagle will be ridden by Mario Gutierrez from post five.

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8:28 p.m. – $100,000 Grade 3 Wilshire Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Warren and Sally Benjamin's 4-year-old California-bred Warren's Showtime leads a wide open field of eight fillies and mares in the Grade 3 Wilshire Stakes going 1 mile on the turf. A six-time winner for trainer Craig Lewis, Warren's Showtime finished second in the 1-mile Fran's Valentine last time out on May 6 at Santa Anita. She won last October's Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes over the course. Juan Hernandez will ride from post five. Leggs Galore, another California-bred 4-year-old filly, owned by William Simms, defeated Warren's Showtime in the Fran's Valentine by three-quarters of a length. Trained by Phil D'Amato and ridden by Ricardo Gonzalez from post six, Legg's Galore has won six of nine races, and is seeking her first graded-stakes win.

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Weekend Lineup Presented By Woodbine: Mandaloun Returns In Sunday’s Pegasus

This weekend's horse racing action is highlighted by the long-awaited return of live racing to Woodbine on Saturday, June 12, thanks to the provincial loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, while graded stakes action is relatively light across the U.S. Of course, next week's Royal Ascot meeting will begin on Tuesday, June 15, featuring 11 American contenders in the top-notch turf action.

Leading a quiet weekend of stakes racing is Juddmonte's Mandaloun, who is slated to make his first start since finishing second in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on Sunday at Monmouth Park in the Pegasus Stakes.

Saturday, June 12

4:28 p.m. – $150,000 Grade 3 Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park on TVG

Last July, John Fanelli, Cash is King, LC Racing, Paul Braverman and Team Hanley's Ny Traffic gave future Horse of the Year Authentic all he could handle in the Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell Stakes, losing by a nose. Ny Traffic returns to Monmouth Park on Saturday facing nine rivals in the Grade 3 $150,000 Salvator Mile on the main track. A 4-year-old gray/roan son of Cross Traffic, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., and ridden from post seven by Paco Lopez, Ny Traffic made an impressive 2021 debut at Belmont Park on May 2 with a 6 ¾-length victory in a 7-furlong optional allowance claiming race. Breaking from post 10 under Robby Albarado is the defending Salvator Mile champion Pirate's Punch. Owned by Gulliver Racing, Craig Drager and Dan Legan, and trained by Grant Forster, Pirate's Punch came from off the pace to win last year's race, held Sept. 20, by 2 lengths. A 5-year-old gelded son of Eclipse Award-winner Shanghai Bobby, Pirate's Punch will be making his first start since trailing the field in the Grade 1 Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland in November.

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10:11 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes at Churchill Downs

Led by 6-5 morning line favorite Juliet Foxtrot (GB), 11 fillies and mares have been entered for Saturday evening's featured Grade 3 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes at Churchill Downs going 1 1/16 miles on turf. Owned by Juddmonte and trained by Brad Cox, Juliet Foxtrot has six wins, including an impressive wire-to-wire 2-length victory in her 2021 debut on April 10 in the Grade 1, 1 1/16-mile Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland over a yielding course. A 6-year-old bay daughter of Dansili (GB), who will be ridden from post two by Tyler Gaffalione, Juliet Foxtrot won last October's Grade 3 Gallorette at Pimlico. WinStar Stablemates Racing's Crystal Ball has won optional allowance claiming races at Santa Anita and at Churchill Downs this year. Trained by Rodolphe Brisset, the 4-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon finished second in last year's Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. James Graham rides from post nine. Stonestreet Stables' Hendy Woods, trained by Mark Casse, tuned up for this race by taking a 1-mile optional claimer at Churchill on May 14. Ridden by Florent Geroux from post three, the 4-year-old filly finished second in last September's Grade 2 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill.

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Sunday, June 13

4:50 p.m. ― $150,00 TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on TVG

Juddmonte's Mandaloun headlines Sunday's TVG.com Pegasus Stakes for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles at Monmouth Park. Facing four rivals, the Brad Cox-trained son of Into Mischief fought all the way in the Kentucky Derby on May 1, finishing second to Medina Spirit by a half-length at 26-1. Winner of the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds in February, Mandaloun will be ridden by Florent Geroux from post 2. Chiefswood Stables' Canadian-bred Weyburn, trained by Jimmy Jerkens, won the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct in March, and returns to the races following a fourth-place finish in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 3. Dylan Davis has the mount, breaking from post four. Also coming out of the Kentucky Derby is Mark Schwartz's Brooklyn Strong. Trained by Daniel Velazquez and ridden from post two by Abner Adorno, Brooklyn Strong, who won last year's Grade 3 Remsen at Aqueduct, finished 15th in the Derby.

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8:30 p.m. ― $100,000 Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

California-bred gelding The Chosen Vron, winner of his last two races, leads five starters in the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita. Owned by Eric Kruljac, Robert Fetkin, John Sondereker and Richard Thornburgh, and trained by Krurjac, The Chosen Vron won Santa Anita's Echo Eddie against state breds on April 3, and followed that score with a 3 ½-length win as the odds-on favorite in the 6 ½-furlong Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera by 3 ½ lengths at Santa Anita on May 15. Umberto Rispoli will ride, breaking from post 3. Trainer Bob Baffert has entered two runners: Karl Watson, Paul Weitman and Mike Pegram's Defunded, fourth in the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile at Churchill on May 1, and SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Golconda Stables, Siena Farm and Robert Masterson's Classier, who will be making his 2021 debut since finishing eighth in last year's Grade 1 TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Abel Cedillo rides Defunded from post four, and Flavien Prat has the mount on Classier breaking from post one.

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Weekend Lineup Presented By Form2Win: Belmont Stakes Racing Festival

The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival takes center stage this weekend, with four graded stakes races on Friday at Belmont Park and a total of eight Grade 1 races scheduled for Saturday afternoon at Big Sandy.

While no Triple Crown is on the line, the Belmont will feature an Eclipse Award winner, the Preakness winner, two Grade 1 Derby prep winners, and four other sophomore colts chasing their place in the history books.

Friday, June 4

4:07 p.m. – G2 True North Stakes – Belmont Park

Grade 1-winner Flagstaff bested Eclipse award-winner Whitmore in a thrilling finish last out and will look to win his third consecutive stakes race as part of a seven-horse field in Friday's Grade 2, $300,000 True North for 4-year-olds and up sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs over the main track at Belmont Park.

4:40 p.m. – G3 Bed o' Roses Stakes – Belmont Park

In two winning starts over the Belmont Park main track, Tommy Town Thoroughbreds' Victim of Love has displayed an affinity for the Nassau County oval and will vie to keep such ways intact in Friday's 64th running of the Grade 3, $300,000 Bed o' Roses for older fillies and mares going seven furlongs. Trained by Todd Beattie, Victim of Love's pair of winning starts at Belmont Park took place when sweeping the last two editions of the Grade 3 Vagrancy.

5:15 p.m. – G2 New York Stakes – Belmont Park

Looking to defend her $750,000 New York title will be the popular Graham Motion-trained mare Mean Mary, who is owned by Alex G. Campbell, Jr. and will be ridden by Luis Saez from post 7. The daughter of Scat Daddy seeks her seventh career victory in her 11th start and enters off an impressive gate-to-wire victory three weeks ago in Pimlico's Grade 3 Gallorette, her first start since finishing seventh in November's Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. A dominant 5¼-length winner of last year's New York, a 1¼-mile inner turf test, she faces an arguably tougher field in 2021 and the possibility of more cut in the ground.

5:48 p.m. – G2 Belmont Gold Cup – Belmont Park

LECH Racing Limited's Baron Samedi will seek to parlay his winning form in Europe when traveling stateside as the lone international contestant in Friday's seventh running of the Grade 2, $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup at two miles over the Widener turf. Trained by Joseph O'Brien, Baron Samedi began his career with five unplaced efforts, but once gelded and stretched out considerably in distance, the son of Harbour Watch displayed a notable turnaround in form. He conveyed his newfound winning ways in August at Cork Racecourse going ten furlongs over heavy ground while being given a 65 rating.

Saturday, June 5

12:47 p.m. – G1 Woody Stephens – Belmont Park

Undefeated one-turn titans Jackie's Warrior and Drain the Clock will square off in Saturday's 37th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Woody Stephens presented by Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

1:22 p.m. – G2 Brooklyn Stakes – Belmont Park

Trainer Todd Pletcher will be well-represented with three contenders in Saturday's Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets. But the Hall of Fame conditioner will also send out a strong contingent in another 1 1/2-mile graded stakes contest on the day, with Ajaaweed and Moretti forming a potent one-two punch in the Grade 2, $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational presented by Northwell Health for 4-year-olds and up.

2:01 p.m. – G1 Acorn Stakes – Belmont Park

Traditionally one of America's premier races for sophomore fillies, Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Acorn at Belmont Park has attracted a compact, quality field to tackle Big Sandy's one-turn mile. Blazing Meadows Farm and Siena Farm's Tim Hamm-trained Dayoutoftheoffice returns to the course and distance of her greatest triumph, last fall's Grade 1 Frizette, in what will be just her second start of the season. Klaravich Stables' Search Results will hope to optimize her second top-level attempt after losing last month's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks by a neck to divisional leader Malathaat. Trained by Chad Brown, the daughter of Flatter went into the Classic undefeated from three tries, including the Grade 3 Gazelle at the Big A.

2:41 p.m. – G1 Jaipur Stakes – Belmont Park

MyRacehorse Stable and Spendthrift Farm's multiple Grade 1-winner Got Stormy joins defending race-winner and fellow mare Oleksandra in taking on the boys in Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Jackpocket Jaipur, a six-furlong turf sprint on Belmont Stakes Day. The 35th running of the Jackpocket Jaipur is a “Win and You're In” qualifier to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in November at Del Mar.

3:18 p.m. – G1 Ogden Phipps Stakes – Belmont Park

With the Friday morning scratches of both Swiss Skydiver and Valiance, the 53rd running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Ogden Phipps has drawn a field of five fillies and mares. G1 Apple Blossom winner Letruska is the morning-line favorite after her upset of champion Monomoy Girl, while Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil is two-for-two so far this year. The prestigious 1 1/16-mile test for older fillies and mares is a Breeders' Cup “Win And You're In” qualifier, offering the winner an automatic entry into the Distaff on November 6 at Del Mar.

3:58 p.m. – G1 Just A Game Stakes – Belmont Park

Twelve stakes winners, including 11 graded/group stakes winners—all seeking their first turf Grade 1 score comprise the dozen entered in Saturday's $500,000 Longines Just a Game over one mile on the Widener turf course. The powerhouse stables of Charlie Appleby and Chad Brown make up half of those in a race that has traditionally showcased some of the best turf females in training, including eight Breeders' Cup winners.

4:42 p.m. – G1 Met Mile – Belmont Park

Cash is King and LC Racing's Mischevious Alex will look to build on his already impressive ledger in Saturday's stallion-making Grade 1, $1 million Hill 'N' Dale Metropolitan Handicap, a one-turn mile for 3-year-olds and up on Belmont Stakes Day. However, Korea Racing Authority's Knicks Go, trained by reigning Eclipse Award-winner Brad Cox, looms the one to beat as the 126 pound highweight with an impressive record of 19-6-3-1 with purse earnings in excess of $4.5 million.

5:30 p.m. – G3 Monmouth Stakes – Monmouth Park

A winner in his 2021 comeback race on April 24 at Pimlico Race Course, Corelli will step up to graded stakes company again when the grass specialist goes in the Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes, the headliner on Saturday's 12-race card at Monmouth Park. The 13th running of the $150,000 Monmouth Stakes, scheduled for 1 and 1/8th miles on the grass, has attracted a field of 10 plus two alternates.

5:38 p.m. – G1 Manhattan Stakes – Belmont Park

Trainer Chad Brown will be loaded for bear in the Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Manhattan, with four of the 10 horses entered running under his banner in the 1 1/4-mile inner turf test for 4-year-olds and up on Saturday, Belmont Stakes Day, at Belmont Park. Brown's quartet all have the credentials to win, but that honor may go to Domestic Spending, a 4-year-old son of Kingman who made a successful 2021 debut in the Grade 1 Turf Classic on May 1 at Churchill Downs.

6:49 p.m. – G1 Belmont Stakes – Belmont Park

A talented group that includes an Eclipse Award winner (Essential Quality) and an American Classic victor (Rombauer) will comprise an eight-horse field for the 153rd running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday at Belmont Park, marking the third and final leg of the Triple Crown. Hot Rod Charlie ran a strong third, just one length back to winner Medina Spirit, in the Kentucky Derby, and will get a rematch against Essential Quality. Pletcher, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer, will saddle three contenders as he seeks his fourth career Belmont score: Known Agenda, Overtook, and Bourbonic. Rock Your World notched a Grade 1 win with a 4 1/4-length margin in the Santa Anita Derby in April in his main track debut, improving to 3-for-3 overall to start his career before running 17th in the Kentucky Derby last out. Yuji Inaida's France Go de Ina will look to nab the $1 million bonus offered to the connections of any Japan-based horse who wins the Belmont Stakes.

7:52 p.m. – G2 Monrovia Stakes – Santa Anita

A two-time graded stakes winner who has been idle since well beaten by Eclipse Champion Gamine in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Nov. 7, the Richard Baltas-trained Venetian Harbor heads a field of eight fillies and mares going 6 ½ furlongs on turf in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Monrovia Stakes at Santa Anita.

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Weekend Lineup: Santa Anita Stacked With Graded Stakes Action

Twelve grades stakes races will be run at Penn National, Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Lone Star Park and Santa Anita Park over the Memorial Holiday Weekend. Santa Anita closes out the holiday weekend with three Grade 1 stakes: the Gamely, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Shoemaker Mile. The Shoemaker is the first Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race to be run in the U.S. this year.

TVG will be broadcasting racing throughout the weekend from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app, which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.

“America's Day at the Races” will be live on Saturday, May 29 on FS2 from 12:30-6 p.m.; on Sunday, May 30 on Bally Sports SoCal from 3-5:30 p.m.; and on FS2 from 4-4:30 p.m. On Monday, May 31, “America's Day at the Races” will air on FS2 from 12:30—8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 29

4:22 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Regret Stakes at Churchill Downs on FS2

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Michael Hernon and Gary Barber's Spanish Loveaffair leads a field of nine 3-year-old fillies in a wide open Grade 3 Regret Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf at Churchill Downs. Trained by Mark Casse, Spanish Loveaffair, a bay daughter of 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Karakontie (JPN), finished second in last year's Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Spanish Loveaffair has had some tough racing luck this year. She crossed the wire first in the Grade 3 Herecomesthebride Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 27, but in a controversial decision, was disqualified for interference and was placed fourth. In her most recent start, the Grade 2 Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland, she was bumped at the start and trailed a field of six. Tyler Gaffialione has the mount, breaking from post 4. Lazy F. Ranch's Gam's Mission, defeated Mark Detampel's Flown by a neck in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race at Churchill on May 8. Gam's Mission, trained by Cherie DeVaux, will be ridden by Adam Beschizza from post seven. Ricardo Santana Jr. has the mount aboard Flown, trained by Brendan Walsh, from post eight.

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4:55 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs on FS2

Two runners exiting the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve ― O Besos (fifth) and Helium (eighth) ― lead eight 3-year-olds in the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes going 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs. Trained by Greg Foley for Bernard Racing, Tagg Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry Stephens, O Besos finished third in the Grade 2 TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby prior to the “Run for the Roses.” O Besos will break from post three under Marcelino Pedroza. D.J. Stable's Helium, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Julien Leparoux from post two, has won three of four starts, including the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby at 15-1. Juddmonte's Fulsome, trained by Brad Cox, also has won three of his four races, including an impressive 1 ¼-length victory in the listed 1 1/8-mile Oaklawn Stakes at Oaklawn Park on May 1.

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5:12 p.m. ― $200,000 Grade 2 Pennine Ridge Stakes at Belmont Park on FS2

Robert LaPenta, Augustin Stable and Madaket Stables' Hard Love leads a field of nine 3-year-olds in the Grade 2 Pennine Ridge going 1 1/8 miles at Belmont Park. Trained by Jonathan Thomas, Hard Love won the black type, 1 1/16-mile Woodhaven Stakes by 1 ¼ lengths at Aqueduct on April 17. Javier Castellano has the mount from post four. WinStar Farm and CHC's Sainthood, trained by Todd Pletcher, had a rough trip in the Kentucky Derby, finishing 11^th. Prior to that, Sainthood was a fast-closing second in the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park. Joel Rosario, who leads all North American riders in graded stakes wins with 20, rides Sainthood breaking from post five. Shaftesbury, also trained by Pletcher, broke his maiden at 1 1/16 miles last time out at Belmont by 2 ¾ lengths.

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6:15 p.m. ― $150,000 Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Venerable geldings Bombard, trained by Richard Mandella, and Law Abidin Citizen, trained by Mark Glatt, will vie for favoritism among five turf sprinters in the Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs at Santa Anita Park. The 8-year-old Bombard will be ridden from post two by Florent Geroux. A five-time winner, Bombard finished second by a half-length in a 6-furlong allowance prep over the course on April 25. Law Abidin Citizen, a 7-year-old by Twirling Candy, has not started since a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Pat O'Brien Stakes on Aug. 29 at Del Mar. Ridden from post four by Abel Cedillo, Law Abidin Citizen has won four of nine starts on the Santa Anita turf course.

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7:19 p.m. ― $300,000 Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

LNJ Foxwoods United looms as the prohibitive favorite against three rivals in the $300,000 Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at 1 ¼ miles on turf. An eight-time winner for trainer Richard Mandella, including last year's Whittingham, United, a 6-year-old gelding by Giant's Causeway, opened the season with a victory in Santa Anita's Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes at 1 ½ miles on March 20. Flavien Prat has the mount from post 4. Little Red Feather Racing, Gordon Jacobsen and Philip Belmonte's 7-year-old chestnut Red King last year won both the Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano at Santa Anita and the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap. Trained by Phil D'Amato, Red King will be ridden by Umberto Rispoli from post 3. D'Amato has also entered California-bred Acclimate, who finished second in the Grade 2 San Marcos Stakes at Santa Anita in February.

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7:52 p.m. ― $200,000 Grade 3 Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

A field of five has been entered for the 70^th Triple Bend Stakes, a Grade 3 race at 7-furlongs for 3-year-olds and up. Jerome S. Moss' Lambeau will try to break into the graded stakes win column on Saturday after a sharp 1-mile optional allowance claiming win at Santa Anita on April 10, going wire to wire. Trained by John Shirreffs, Lambeau will be ridden by Edwin Maldonado from post two. The 4-year-old Eight Rings, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Flavian Prat from post five, will be making his first start since finishing seventh last August in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga. The Peter Eurton-trained 4-year-old Exaulted was third in the Grade 2 San Carlos at Santa Anita on March 6.

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Sunday, May 30

7:30 p.m. ―$200,000 Grade 2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Ramona Bass, Perry Bass II, Adele Dilschneider and Waddell Hancock II's Soothsay, and Phoenix Thoroughbreds' Crazy Beautiful, lead five entered in Sunday's Grade 2 Summertime Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles. Trained by Richard Mandella, Soothsay has won both her starts, which includes a 1-length score in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks on April 3. Flavien Prat has be mount from post four aboard the 4-5 morning line favorite. Shipping in from Kentucky, the Ken McPeek-trained Crazy Beautiful will attempt to rebound from her 10th-place finish in the Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on April 30 when she was bothered at the start, raced wide, and did not make a move in the stretch. A daughter of Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam's Map, Crazy Beautiful won the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks in March.

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Monday, May 31

8:35 p.m. ― $400,000 Grade 3 Steve Sexton Mile at Lone Star Park on TVG

Multiple graded stakes-winners C Z Rocket and By My Standards headline an eight-horse field at Lone Star Park in the Grade 3 $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile on the main track. Owned by Madaket Stables, Gary Barber and Tom Kagele, and trained by Peter Miller, C Z Rocket is the nation's leading sprinter, having conquered last year's champion sprinter Whitmore twice this year at Oaklawn in the listed Hot Springs and the Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap. A 7-year-old gelded son of City Zip, C Z Rocket,11 of 25 lifetime, will be ridden from post eight by Florent Geroux. Allied Racing Stable and Spendthrift Farms' 5-year-old By My Standards won his first start of 2021 on April 10, taking the listed one-mile Oaklawn Mile Stakes by a nose. Last year, By My Standards, a bay son of two-time Breeders Cup Dirt Mile winner Goldencents, won a trio of Grade 2 stakes races in the New Orleans Classic Stakes at the Fair Grounds, the Oaklawn Handicap, and the Alysheba at Churchill Downs. Trained by Bret Calhoun, By My Standards will be ridden by Gabriel Saez from post 3. Another multiple graded stakes-winner is Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables' 5-year-old Warrior's Charge. Trained by Brad Cox, Warrior's Charge won the Grade 3 Razorback at Oaklawn and the Grade 3 Philip Iselin at Monmouth Park last year. Joel Rosario will ride Warrior's Charge breaking from post 4.

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7:00 p.m. – $300,000 Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Cannon Thoroughbreds' multiple graded stakes-winner Smooth Like Strait and Electric City Racing, Madaket Stables, Christopher Dunn and Jeremy Peskoff's Whisper Not (GB) headline a field of seven runners in the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1) to be run at 1-mile on the turf on Monday, May 31, at Santa Anita Park. The Shoemaker Mile, the first U.S. Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race of 2021, will award the winner an automatic starting position into the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1). Smooth Like Strait, was a hard luck third-place finisher in the 1 1/8-mile Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 1. Smooth Like Strait set the pace and held the lead until mid-stretch when his saddle slipped. He still fought gamely to the wire and finished just a neck behind Colonel Liam and Domestic Spending, who wound up in a dead heat. Smooth Like Strait was also beaten by a neck in his previous start, the Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita on March 6. Since coming over from Great Britain in the second half of 2020, Whisper Not has hit the board in all five of his starts for trainer Richard Baltas. In his most recent start, he came from off the pace in the San Francisco Mile (G3) at Golden Gate Fields on April 24 to win by a head as the 7-5 favorite. Geovanni Franco will ride Whisper Not from post six.

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7:30 p.m. – $300,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Royal Ship (BRZ), winner of the Grade 2 Californian Stakes, leads seven older horses entered for Monday's $300,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup at 1 ¼ miles. Trained by Richard Mandella, Royal Ship, owned by Fox Hill Farm and Sienna Farm, and ridden from post one by Mike Smith, has won six of 12 starts, and got his first victory in the U.S. when winning the Californian on April 17 by a neck over WinStar Farm's Country Grammer. The latter, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Flavien Prat from post 2, won last year's Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes at Saratoga. CRK Stable's Express Train has hit the board in his last four starts in graded stakes. Trained by John Shirreffs and ridden by Juan Hernandez from post 3, Express Train won the Grade 3 San Pasqual at Santa Anita on Jan. 30, finished second in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap on March 6, and was third in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap on April 17. Jim Daniell and Donna Daniell's Florida-bred Rushie won last September's Grade 2 Pat Day Mile at Churchill Downs.

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8 p.m. – $300,000 Grade 1 Gamely Handicap at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds' Keeper ofthe Stars, the defending champion, leads nine fillies and mares in the Grade 1 Gamely Handicap at Santa Anita. Trained by Jonathan Wong, Keeper ofthe Stars, won last year's race by a 1 ¼ lengths over Bodhicitta (GB). Keeper of the Stars faced males in the Grade 3 San Francisco Mile at Golden Gate Fields, and finished second by a head to Whisper Not (GB). Abel Cedillo has the mount, breaking from post 6. Making her first start this year, Calvin Nguyen's Bodhicitta (GB) was the runner-up in last year's Gamely for trainer Richard Baltas. A 5-year-old chestnut daughter of Showcasing (GB), Bodhicitta won last year's Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon at Del Mar. Batlas has also entered the 4-year-old Going to Vegas, who won the Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita on March 27.

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